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Article: Thailand's Juan Peron.(Nations to Watch)(Thaksin Shinawatra)
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- Newsweek International
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- January 7, 2008
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Byline: George Wehrfritz
Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plots his return from exile.
A 26-minute campaign video, distributed recently to millions of rural Thai voters, spoke volumes about the strange state of politics there. The pitchman was none other than ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra -- who remains wildy popular, despite his ouster by the military 15 months ago and pending corruption charges. Though barred from running in the Dec. 23 national elections, Thaksin was easily the most prominent figure in the race, so much so that his allies in the newly constituted People Power Party risked the generals' wrath by using him to campaign long distance. ...
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